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12/11/2017 (Sun)

永觉比丘出生于马来西亚，毕业于马来西亚艺术学院（Diploma of Arts）。由于对摄影的浓厚兴趣，毕业后，他成为了一位专业摄影师，并在就业的六年间，获得了40余项摄影奖项，更于1990年荣获首届亚洲摄影比赛的冠军奖项，达到了他在家事业上的高峰。Ajahn Cagino was born in Malaysia in 1967. After graduating from the Malaysian Institute of Arts with a Diploma of Arts, he became a professional photographer out of his keen interest in photography. Over the course of his six-year career, he received as many as 40 photography awards. In 1990 he won the inaugural Asian Photography competition, reaching the pinnacle of his career.

在29岁那年，为了寻求佛法，还是在家居士的永觉比丘开始到泰国和新西兰的丛林寺院参学。在槟城洪福寺出家成为沙弥一年半后，永觉比丘随即前往泰国，依止阿姜刚夏 （Ajahn Ganha）正式出家。5年后，他在阿姜查（Ajahn Chah）训练外国弟子的国际丛林寺（Wat Pah Nanachat）重新受戒。At the age of 29, he went to forest monasteries in Thailand and New Zealand to seek the Dhamma as a layman. After 18 months of being a novice at Ang Hock See Temple in Penang, he left for Thailand and went forth, with Ajahn Ganha as his preceptor. Five years later, he was reordained at the international forest monastery Wat Pah Nanachat, where non-Thai monks under Ajahn Chah are trained.

Over the years, he has wandered at least 4000km in Thailand. His search for a place for solitary meditation practice led him to settle down in a cave in Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand away from the hustle and bustle of crowds.

During his years of dwelling in the cave, he found the orphans of the local minorities (including native tribes, Burmese refugees and Kuo Min Tang members国民党余部) to be kind and pure at heart. With proper guidance and education, the children could contribute to the society . Hence, he founded the Dhammagiri Foundation as a Buddhist orphanage and a warm home for hilltribe orphans.

随着因缘Ajahn Cagino picked up his camera again, this time not for personal fame or out of interest in photography, but to document the lives of tudong monks practising in forests. As forest lands in Thailand are gradually opened up for development, less suitable places are available for the practice of tudong monks. These precious photos carry the spirit of tudong practice, serving as educational material, exemplars and historical records. They leave behind a spiritual legacy (心灵版图) of the forest Sangha and Buddhism.

「法山基金会」成立后，永觉比丘把照片都捐了给基金会，促成了后来基金会在马来西亚，新加坡，印尼及泰国与各地的佛教及艺术团体举办的一系列摄影展。摄影展在各地取得了很大的回响，让社会大众有机会资助法山基金会，同时也让大众了解森林僧的修行方式。目前，摄影展的累积展出场次已达到xx场。After Dhammagiri Foundation was set up, Ajahn Cagino donated the photographs to the foundation. The foundation organized a series of photography exhibitions in Buddhist and art circles in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The exhibitions were overwhelmingly received by the audiences and created opportunities for people to support the Dhammagiri Foundation and understand the life and practice of the forest Sangha. To date, the photographs have been exhibited * times.

永觉比丘现任泰国美宏颂僧伽林寺住持与新加坡护法苑宗教导师。Since 2011, Ajahn Cagino has been spreading the Dhamma from Thailand to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan etc, through giving Dhamma talks and conducting meditation retreats. He also brings international Buddhists groups to Thailand so that they understand the conditions of the impoverished hilltribes in Mae Hong Son and offer material support.

Ajahn Cagino is currently the abbot of the Mae Hong Son Sangharama in Thailand and spiritual advisor of Nibbana Dhamma Rakkha in Singapore.